Platinum Égoïste (1993)
by Chanel

I keep going back and forth about Platinum Egoïste. Some times I think it’s great, other times I don’t feel like having anything to do because it seems rather plastically gaudy. It IS fresh, lively, and unique. It opens with a whole load of aromatics: lavender, rosemary, spearmint, coriander, and sage. Doubling the effectiveness of the aromatics, and giving them a metallic edge, are loads of aldehydes. This accord is quite attention getting—it could be called sharp and boisterous, but it somehow manages to keep a tenuous grasp on Chanel elegance. The fragrance smoothes out with the floral middle notes by losing much of the aromatic sharpness. I find the middle notes rather… I might say “synthetic,” but “abstract” would be a much better word. At any rate it is a very nice accord—bright, energetic, and quasi-elegant. The dry down is a wood / oakmoss / vetiver—dominated by a cedar that continues it in the sharp motif of the top and mid notes, but increases the warmth of the fragrance a bit. Platinum Egoïste has a cedar-smoky background aura to it and the fragrance lasts hours and hours on my skin. I do see a sort of relationship between the original Egoïste and Platinum Egoïste in their structures: they both are extremely tightly constructed with creative, and progressively related movements between instinctively appropriate accords. However, to me, Platinum Egoïste is not worthy enough to be a flanker of Egoïste, but it is masculine, dynamically constructed, arguably elegant, and creatively unique. (Rewrite of 29 August 2006 review. Changed from thumb’s up.)

After Egoiste.. Why!!!?...
If you want my take on it, just read tvlampboy's review. Feel exactly, exactly the same.
Garbage.

Purchased this one on hype. Not overly impressed. Work scent for sure, almost black licorice? I dunno. Not really complimented at all, and kinda expensive.

Do I think it smells good? 3/5
Compliment from the ladies? 2/5
Overall 3/5

fresh and floral, with a cold metallic tang which i guess gives it masculinity but also renders it somewhat unemotional and uninvolving. feels like being given the cold shoulder.

Very classy, in a league of its own, have just purchased a 50ml bottle of the fragrance.

High quality and very well blended masterpiece that commands respect and gives out an aura of confidence - so be confident yourself. Smells just like taking a whiff of a beautiful flower in a garden. That smell is balanced with a bit of citrus and cedar. The result is a masculine floral. There weren't many mens floral fragrances released in recent years and the ones that have been are quite unisex. Platinum Egoiste carries a high level of masculinity (not powerhouse like though) while being floral which is what makes it so amazing. Its more summer friendly than Egoiste and both fragrances are marvelous. I know there are Egoiste fans who don't like this - that could be because they find that Platinum isn't an improved Egoiste, its not Egoiste + more, its a different fragrance altogether and should be treated so. One of the top 5 I've ever smelled.